Connect YouTube

Unison uses the official YouTube Data API v3, accessed through Google OAuth. The connect flow signs you in with the Google account that owns or manages the channel.

1. 1

   Open Settings → Channels and click Add channel.

2. 2

   Pick YouTube from the network grid. You will be redirected to Google's account picker.

3. 3

   Choose the Google account that owns or manages the YouTube channel. If the account manages multiple Brand Accounts you will be asked which YouTube channel to connect.

4. 4

   Approve the requested scopes: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.upload for publishing and https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.readonly for analytics pull-back.

5. 5

   Land back inside Unison. The new channel appears in your channel list with a green dot if Unison can reach the API.

What you can publish

• Standard uploads (up to your channel's per-day quota)
• YouTube Shorts (vertical 9:16 video shorter than 60 seconds)
• Premieres with countdown landing page
• Custom thumbnail
• Title, description, tags, default language, category and privacy

YouTube quota

Each YouTube channel has a daily upload quota set by Google. Free Unison accounts share a project-wide quota; Pro and Team accounts can opt into per-workspace quota by submitting their own Google Cloud project credentials (bring-your-own-keys, available on Team).

Removing access

Disconnect from inside Unison and the OAuth refresh token is deleted within 7 days. To revoke at Google, open Permissions in Google security settings.